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      04-23-2021, 12:55 AM   #658
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Originally Posted by IllSic_Design View Post
I'd hope they will stick with a DCT since they are not going to be giving it AWD and they stated in that last article that this will be the most M vehicle to date, so that should hopefully mean sticking with DCT.
Yeah I don't see any chance that the M2 gets a DCT. ZF8 is just too easy from a supply chain perspective and too good from an objective performance perspective that it wouldn't make sense to appease a couple of us old heads kicking and screaming for DCT.

Plus philosophically speaking, if BMW paired S58 with a DCT, they would then have to answer the question as to why they are keeping the redline low at 7200 when DCT can easily handle the 7600 engine limit. If they raise it on a mass production model like an M2, the M3/4 & X3/4M owners will be up in arms.
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